Tub.



UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. LASHER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

TUB.

SPECIFIGATION forming par: of Letters Patent No. oaeeadated August 1, 1899.

Application niet December 16,1898. serai No. temes. No mode.)

tubs as to adapt them for the attachment of an ordinary clothesawringer.-

The invention is fully described and eX- plained in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is'a perspective view of a tub provided with the stiffening or strengthening device contemplated by my invention, and Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section through the lin 2 2 of Fig. l.

In the views, A is the approximatelycylindrical wall, and B is the preferably corrugated;

bottom of a sheet-metal tub of the class described, the upper edge of the wall being pref-A erably strengthened by an inserted marginal rod C. At a suitable point near its upper edge the wall of the tub is formed with an outwardly-pressed recess or pocket, and in this pocket is closely seated and securely'fastened a strip D of wood or metal, the Ystrip being curved to conform to the curve of the tub and being of sufficient length to receive the clamps at the ends of an ordinary wringerframe. The purpose of the strip is to give to a sufficient portion of the Wall of the tub sufficient thickness and rigidity to adapt it to bey firmly clasped by the clamps of the wringer. The strip, as shown, has its edges slightly beveled; but the particular cross-section of the strip is not material, any shape which will con-v forni to a recess of such form asto be readily' stamped being 'suitable for theA purpose in view. v

The inner face of the reinforcing-strip is substantially flush with the inner face of the tub, so that the wringery may be readily clamped thereuponrand also so that no pro# jecting edges will be left to interfere with the clothes to be washed.

It will be seen that by inserting the strip in the recess or pocket pressed outward from the inner face of the wall of the tubI gain every' Vpossible advantage of rigidity and thickness added by the strip and at the same time I protect the edges and ends of the strip and am able to secure it in place in the most simple and economical way. Such a strengtheningdevice is almost essential to the use of a sheet-metal tub, and the application of the strip to the tub, as shown in the drawings, has every possible advantage of cheapness, simplicity, and durability.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sheet-metal tub comprising the cylindrical wall, A, the bottom, B, an outwardlypressed pocket formed in a portion of the upper part of -said wall and substantially parallel to the upper edge thereof, a suitable reinforcing-strip, D, seated in said pocket and having its inner face substantially flush with the inner face of the wall, the upper and lower edgesV ofV lsaid pocket being formed at substantially right angles to the wall of the tub ,whereby said reinforcing-strip may be readilyv inserted therein and secured in place by rivets passing through the strip and wall; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Davenport, in the county vof Scott and Stateof Iowa, this 12th day ofvDecember, A. D. 1789s.

i CHARLESv LASHER.

A1Vlitnesses:

' Guo. H. GORMAN,

JULiUs C. HAsLnR. 

